I'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES TO TALK MORE ABOUT THESE TEMPERATURES. THANK YOU, BETTY. RIGHT NOW A 19-YEAR-OLD IS BEHIND BARS ACCUSED IN THE ROBBERY AND SHOOTING DEATH OF A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY AT A NAIL SALON, THIS TRAGIC STORY ROCKED OUR COMMUNITY LAST WEEKEND AND A SECOND STEP SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE LOOSE. AND TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TEENAGER CHARGED, HIS LOCK CRIMINAL HISTORY, AND THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DENIES IT ALL. LOCAL10'S BEN KENNEDY LIVE IN NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE WITH BRAND NEW NEXT OF SINCE 5:00. BEN. Reporter: GOOD EVENING, CALVIN AND LAURIE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CAREER CRIMINAL ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES, THE FIRST WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD, NOW 19, CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AND KILLING A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY. YOU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON THREE DIFFERENT CASES. Reporter: THE 19-YEAR-OLD AN BE THAN YOU RAGAN FACE AID JUDGE CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. FOUR COUNTS OF ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY A FIREARM, EIGHT COUNTS OF ALLEGATIONS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER WITH A FIREARM. Reporter: POLICE SAY RAGAN SHOT AND KILL TEN-YEAR-OLD AARON VU AS HE ROBBED A NAIL SALON OFF 7th AVENUE AND 148th STREET. THE SENSELESS ACT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, WHICH HELPED COPS TRACK THE THUG DOWN. COURT RECORDS SHOW RAGAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED EIGHT TIMES SINCE 2007 ON CHARGES OF ARMED ROBBERY, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND THEFT. HE WAS JUST 13 WHEN HE COMMITTED HIS FIRST CRIME. THE TEEN'S FATHER AN THAN YOU RAGAN, SR. IS LOCKED UP FOR LIFE ON MURDER HE COMMITTED BACK IN 1994, FOUR MONTHS BEFORE HIS SON WAS BORN. I DON'T LIKE IT, WHAT HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF. LOW YIKE THAT -- I DON'T LIKE THAT. Reporter: WE KNOCKED OAT FAMILY DOOR BUT NO ANSWER. THE VICTIM'S FAMILY WANTED TO THANK ALL THE TIPS THAT LED TO RAGAN NOW BEHIND BARS. OUR THOUGHTS WHEN WE HEARD THE NEWS OF THE CAPTURED SUSPECT WAS HAPPY, RELIEVED, A LITTLE SENSE OF CLOSURE. Reporter: THE CHILD'S DAD WHO WAS ALSO SHOT IS NOW OUT OF THE I.C. AWE RECOVERING HERE AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. BUT POLICE TONIGHT NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP YET AGAIN TO TRACK DOWN THE SECOND PERSON INVOLVED IN IN NAIL SALON ROBBERY. HIS FACE WAS COVERED SO IT'S

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The 19-year-old accused of killing 10-year-old Aaron Vu at a northwest Miami-Dade County nail salon made his first appearance in court on Wednesday morning as a woman claiming to be his girlfriend defended him.

Anthawn Ragan Jr. (Pictured below) appeared before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Yvonne Colodny, who ruled he'd be held without bail. Police arrested him Tuesday and charged him with first-degree murder with a firearm, attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, armed robbery, aggravated assault and battery on a law enforcement officer.

"I don't like it, what he's being accused of. I don't like that," said the woman, who also claimed to be the mother of Ragan's 1-year-old child. "He didn't tell me nothing. He did not do anything. I believe that he don't have nothing to do with that."

Ragan and another man robbed the clients of Hong Kong nail salon last Friday, then shot into the business as they ran out, hitting Vu and his 42-year-old father, Hai Nam Vu, according to an arrest affidavit. The boy (pictured below) died after arriving at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and on Tuesday, his father pleaded with the community to help find his son's killer. His family spoke again to the media Wednesday afternoon.

"We want to the thank the community, the hospital staff, and the media for your continued support for finding justice for Aaron," said the boy's great-aunt, Thi Pham.

She added the family was relieved when they heard Ragan was arrested. A memorial for Vu will be held Sunday at Northwest Baptist Church in Miami, followed by the funeral on Monday at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church in Southwest Ranches.

"People do in fact speak up and stand up and they did in fact provide us with information that led us to Mr. Ragan," said Miami-Dade Police Director J.D. Patterson.

Court records say Ragan has been arrested eight times since 2007. Charges include armed robbery, possession of a firearm, and theft. His father, Anthawn Ragan Sr., was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 after being convicted of first-degree murder.

Police are still looking for a second gunman.

"We're hoping the second arrest will come soon," said Pham.

"Whoever that second person is ought to hear this message, and if they receive it and feel what any normal individual would feel, they should come forward, and if they don't come forward, we are determined to find him," said Patterson.

Anyone with any information that may lead to the second gunman is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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